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ZIONIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Jewish supporter of Zionism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Zionist" is a kind of...):

Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)

Derivation:

Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)

Zionism (a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine)

Zionist (relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of a supporter of Zionism

Example:

the Zionist leader Theodor Herzl

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)

Derivation:

Zionist (a Jewish supporter of Zionism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of Zionism

Example:

the Zionist movement

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Zionism (a policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine)

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